Tantalus (The Hidden Book 1) by Phil Maxey

Author:Phil Maxey [Maxey, Phil]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Published: 2017-04-22T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

“Juno didn’t mean to hurt you I swear it!” shouted a pale looking young girl wearing multiple layers of clothing with straggly long black hair. Her words formed mist in the icy cold air around her.

“I get it kid, but keep that thing under control,” replied Seth, just as the captain and the others appeared through the secret doorway into the large room behind the nightclub. The dog started barking again.

Seth inspected his arm. “I don’t think its teeth got through.”

The captain moved cautiously towards the girl. “What’s your name?”

“Dawn Shields, Shhh Juno, be quiet, they are not here to hurt us.” As she said the last few words she looked up unsure at the people around her.

Taylor knelt. “My name’s Captain Taylor, but you can call me Kim.”

“Nah, it’s okay, I’ll call you Captain Taylor.”

Taylor smiled. “Okay, where are your parents?”

The dog kept on barking.

“Captain, we really need for that dog to be quiet,” said Seth.

“What kind of robots are they?” said Dawn looking at the IMs.

“They are special robots, here to protect us. Your parents?”

Dawn looked down. “I don’t want to talk about them.”

“That’s ok. Are you here alone?”

“Umm, what do you mean alone? I stay inside here, and when the others come I hide in the warm room.”

Seth turned to the girl. “Others?”

She looked sad. “When the darkness came, many people were hurt. And now they walk around. At the start I tried helping them, but they chased me, so now I just stay in here and the warm room.” She hugged her dog close to her. “Can I go back into the warm room now? It’s very cold here, Juno doesn’t like it.”

“Yes, please. Can you show me where it is?” said Taylor.

Dawn got up and she and Juno walked past the rows of shelves containing drugs and guns until they got to a door hardly noticeable amongst the dark wall around it.

“Ah, now I understand,” said Weber smiling.

Dawn pushed the door open revealing a small space with two beds made up of loose sheets and pillows. One bed was larger than the other. Empty packets of food lay strewn alongside them.

The dog ran in and laid on the smaller bed.

“Please, I need to shut the door,” she said to everyone outside.

They all shuffled inside then Dawn closed the door behind them.

Weber inspected the walls. “Some kind of Carbonium alloy, no wonder we could never find Babel’s good stuff.” He smiled. “Let’s not tell him what we found here.”

The captain looked at Weber, unsure of what he was getting at.

He sighed. “These walls, the whole box that we are in. The Grainers used it to hide things. I don’t know what the exact makeup is of the alloy, but whatever it is kept this little girl alive.”

“Hey, I’m eleven years old! I’m not a little girl!”

Weber ignored her and continued running his hand over the smooth dark walls. “This could be useful. If we can take some of this material back with us, it might prove something we can use against whatever the hidden is.

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